Benjamin Han, geriatra y especialista en adicciones de la Universidad de California-San Diego, cuenta a sus estudiantes la historia de una paciente de 76 años que, como muchas personas mayores, sufría de insomnio. “Tenía problemas para conciliar el sueño y se despertaba en mitad de la noche”, dijo. “Así que su hija le trajo unas…
Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California-San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, struggled with insomnia. “She had problems falling asleep, and she’d wake up in the middle of the night,” he said. “So her daughter brought her some…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After decades of unsuccessful efforts to improve California prison conditions ruled unconstitutional and blamed for record-high suicides, advocates and a federal judge are betting that bonuses and better work accommodations will finally be enough to attract and keep the mental health providers needed to treat prisoners. The funds come from nearly $200…
By ABNER MASON What do television shows 60 Minutes, Roseanne, Designing Women, and Murder, She Wrote all have in common? They were top 10 prime time shows in the 1991 – 92 season according to Nielson Media research. Obviously, what Americans want to watch has changed in 34 years. The decline in market share the…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Trump administration cuts to the National Institutes of Health on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on June 3. Click here to hear Rovner on “The Brian Lehrer Show.” KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Georgia’s abortion laws on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May…
That is the topic from my article out today at The Evidence Base. An excerpt is below: On May 12, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order calling for “most favored nation” (MFN) drug pricing in the US. Key questions you may have include: What is MFN pricing? Which countries will be included in the MFN…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly pledged to protect and improve health services for Native Americans — whether speaking during his late-January Senate confirmation hearing or an April trip to Arizona, where he met with tribal leaders. In some ways, he has. When layoffs were set to hit the Indian…
The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. They warned that the U.S. could be at the mercy of other countries in the next pandemic. “The administration’s actions are gutting our deterrence from…
By KELLI DEETER I was intrigued by Daniel Stone’s piece on THCB in May titled “Biden’s cancer diagnosis as a teaching moment”. In my practice as a board-certified nurse practitioner, I am frequently asked about prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing by my male patients. Nursing practice and medical practice often get blurred or lumped together….
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him inhh the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a known contributor to asthma and…